Artificial fishing lure



July 22, 1 J. w. BROWN ARTIFICIAL FISHING LURE Filed Sept. 10, 1948 John Bron/n Patented July 22, 1 952 ARTIFICIAL FISHING LURE John W. Brown, Great Falls, Mont. 1 Application September 10, 1948, Serial No. 48,685

2 Claims. (01. 43--42.4s)

This invention relates to a novel fishing lure having for itsv primary object to provide a structure which will cause the lure' tofollow an irregular course when drawn through the wateras in trolling or retrieving for very realistically simulating the natural wiggling movement of small bait fish,

Another object of the invention is to provide a lure which is so constructed that when it is being drawn through the water, in addition to describing a wiggling movement very realistically simulating the swimmingmovement of a bait fish, will in addition produce a considerable wake for attracting game fish.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the lure;

Figure 2 is a perspective view looking from the side thereof opposite to Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the lure taken substantially through the longitudinal center thereof.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the novel artificial lure in its entirety is designated generally 5 and includes a lure body, designated generally 6, which may be formed of any suitable buoyant material and which is longitudinally bowed so that the leading and trailing ends thereof are disposed above the intermediate portion. The lure body 6 includes a leading or forward end I and atrailing end 8 and has an underside including a rear portion 9 which is convexly curved longitudinally and a forward portion Ill which is concavely curved longitudinally. The lure body 6 has corresponding sides I I which are rounded at their upper and lower edges to merge with the bottom portions 9 and I0 and with the top of the lure body which includes a longitudinally curved concave or inwardly bowed upper rear portion I2 and an upper forward portion I3 which is likewise longitudinally bowed and concave.

Between the upper surfaces l2 and I3, the lure body 6 is provided with an integral upwardly extending enlargement I4 having tapered forward and rear sides which merge with the adjacent ends of the upper surfaces I2 and I3. The forward side of the enlargement I4 is recessed to form the forwardly and upwardly opening socket I5.

The forward end portion I of the body 6 is substantially thicker in a direction from the top to bottom thereof than the trailing end portion 8 and the upper surface I3 extends forwardly to beyond the bottom. surface I0. "The forward end of thebody 6 comprises a face having a substan-' tially flat u'ppersurface I6 which extends upwardly and forwardly with respect to the body 6 and a lower concave face portion I l which merges at its upper end with'the lower rear end of the face portion I6 and which" is'curv'ed'downw'ardly and forwardly therefrom. Said upper face portion I6 is disposed in upwardly converging relationship with the forward end-of theupper surface l3rand combines therewith to form an upper and forward extension'of the body 6.1 A'fish line 7 engaging eye I8 is anchored inthe body Band projects from the forward face adjacent to-Where the face portions I6 and llzmerge and is adapted to be connected to a fishing line as indicated at I9. It will be readily apparent that a swivel, not shown, could be interposed between the eye I8 and line I9.

The body 6 is also provided with a hook engaging eye 20 which projects from its trailing end 8 and to which the eye at the shank end of a multiple barbed hook 2| is connected. The body 6 is also provided with a hook engaging eye 22 which projects outwardly fro-m each side I I thereof intermediate of the ends of the body and to each of which eyes 22 a similar multiple barbed hook 23 is connected.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that when the buoyant lure 5 is drawn through the water by the fishing line I 9 either in trolling or retrieving and in a direction from left to right of Figure 1, that the water impinging against the surface or face I 6 will tend to cause the forward end I of the lure to rise. The socket I5 will also resist the forward movement of the lure 5 and the water escaping therefrom over the top of the body portion I4 and around the sides thereof will cause the lure to follow an irregular course and to execute a wiggling movement as it moves through the water to thereby very realistically simulate the swimming movement of small bait fish. Likewise, as the forward end 1 moves above the surface due to the impingement of the water on the surface or the face portion I6, the resistance of the forward motion afforded by the portion I6 will be reduced and the water impinging against the concave under surface ID of the lure body will tend to cause the trailing end 8 to swing upwardly for submerging the forward end I and so that a greater portion of the surface I'6 will again come in contact with the water, thereby producing a longitudinal rocking move- 2 sizes and has been illustrated in the drawing on an enlarged scale relative :to its actual preferred size. Likewise, thesurfa'ce of the lure body 6 may be suitably colored and marked to simulate difierent types of bait fish.

' Various other modifications and changes arecontemplated and may obviously be resorted to,

without departing from the spirit or scope ofthe invention as hereinafter defined by the appended;

claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. An artificial trolling and retrieving surface lure ,comprisinga buoyant lure body having anupe wardly 'extendingrprojection; said-proj ection-1beingprovided withza forwardly openin socket-Jhe open: forwardgzendi of ,the sockets-being disposed approximatelymidway? ofcthmendswof the lure? body; saidlure .bodynbeing: longitudinally bowed;

and having an ,upperrgener-ally concave surface from the intermediate portion of which-said pro: jection'extendsrthe underside of said lure body including a1 longitudinally and outwardly bowed' rear portion and: a longitudinally andv inwardlybowed-forward portiomthe adjacent ends of said bowed portions merging ito form-an uninterrupted reverse curve extending from: Eend-to-end of l the underside of the'lure body.

2.: An artificial trolling and retrieving surface lure comprising a buoyant alure body having an 7 upwardly extending projection provided with a forwardly opening socket, the open forward end of the socket being disposed approximately mid way of the ends of the lure body, said lure body being longitudinally bowed and having an upper generally concave surface into the intermediate portion of which said projection extends, said lure body having an upwardly and forwardly projecting extension at its forward end defining an upwardly and" forwardly extending leading surface of the lure having an upper portion disposed above the level of the socket, and the underside of said lure body including a longitudinally and outwardly bowed-rear portion and a longitudinally and I inwardly bowed forward portion, the adjacent ends'of said bowed portions merging to form an uninterrupted reverse curve extending from endto-end of the underside of the lure body.

JOHN W. BROWN.

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